Fiji coach John McKee expects his side to “rise to the challenge” of facing England in Friday’s World Cup opener at Twickenham even though the odds appear stacked against the …
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England have been told to revel in the fact they are staging a Rugby World Cup, with forwards coach Graham Rowntree insisting Thursday the squad were set for the “time …
Continue reading England ready for ‘time of their lives’Georgia halfback Vasil Lobzhanidze admits the prospect of becoming the youngest player in Rugby World Cup history on Saturday makes him “a little bit nervous.” The 18-year-old Lobzhanidze was selected …
Continue reading Georgia to field youngest ever RWC playerSouth Africa’s white-dominated Rugby World Cup team has not been rattled by complaints about its racial makeup, a key coach said two days before their opening match. “It does not …
Continue reading Springboks not worried by race stormFrance and Italy will be without their star centres when they meet for their opening Rugby World Cup match at Twickenham on Saturday. France’s Wesley Fofana failed to recover from …
Continue reading France and Italy missing star menFormula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton is poised to match the total number of race wins by his childhood idol Ayrton Senna, and says notching a 41st victory in Singapore …
Continue reading Hamilton out to match Senna’s F1 winsAustralian captain Wally Masur has confirmed Bernard Tomic and Thanasi Kokkinakis as his first-day singles players for this weekend’s Davis Cup semi-final against Great Britain. Kokkinakis has been tasked with …
Continue reading Tomic, Kokkinakis in for Davis Cup singlesLleyton Hewitt and Andy Murray traded psychological volleys as tensions rose on the eve of Australia’s Ashes-like Davis Cup semi-final with Great Britain. The battleground – as Britain chase a …
Continue reading Hewitt, Murray in Davis Cup verbal volleysAustralian Jarmila Gajdosova has lost her second-round match in three sets at the Japan women’s open tennis in Tokyo. Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine downed world No.81 Gajdosova on Thursday 6-1 …
Continue reading Aussie Gajdosova loses at Japan tennisSandor Earl has pleaded to be allowed to revive his career next season during a five-hour hearing of the NRL’s anti-doping tribunal. Earl, stood down from playing more than two …
Continue reading Earl faces hearing, pleads for NRL returnAFL club Port Adelaide have axed ruckman Jarrad Redden. The 16-gamer battled knee injuries in recent seasons and was among eight players to be dropped on Thursday from Port’s list. …
Continue reading Port axe AFL ruckman Jarrad ReddenAustralian Joel Monaghan is leaving Super League club Warrington, which he captains, at the end of the season. The former Canberra winger, who has scored 141 tries in 143 appearances …
Continue reading Joel Monaghan released by WarringtonMatthew Scharenberg will continue his AFL education at Collingwood after the Magpies fought off rival advances to sign the 19-year-old to a three-year deal. The running defender, drafted by the …
Continue reading Scharenberg signs on with CollingwoodKieran Jack will miss Sydney’s crunch semi-final with North Melbourne after coach John Longmire decided on a low-risk approach with the Swans co-captain. Jack, 28, looked done and dusted for …
Continue reading Kieren Jack to miss Swans semi-finalConsecutive defeats of fellow top four sides North Queensland, Brisbane and the Sydney Roosters means a week’s break may have come at the worst possible time for Melbourne. But coach …
Continue reading Storm making most of week’s breakSydney have opted against bringing back captain Kieren Jack for the club’s do-or-die AFL semi-final with North Melbourne. Defender Nick Smith is the club’s sole inclusion, for Sam Reid (hamstring), …
Continue reading Jack left out for Swans’ AFL final v RoosInjured Melbourne winger Marika Koroibete has missed the Storm’s main training session but remains an outside chance of playing in their NRL preliminary final against North Queensland or Cronulla. The …
Continue reading Koroibete some chance for Storm NRL finalFour years after being left shattered by a brutal Rugby World Cup campaign in New Zealand, Wallabies playmaker Quade Cooper insists he’s primed to eradicate those mental demons. The Auckland-born …
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